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Friday May 24th 2013

Posts Tagged ‘Celebrity’

Why playing decent tennis does not make you a good bloke

Why playing decent tennis does not make you a good bloke

"He's ok now," my husband announced. "Oh, because he wins a couple of tennis games you like him now?" I replied to the fair weather fan. The he that my husband was referring to is Bernard Tomic. His character analysis announced just before [...]

What to wear to Ascot races

What to wear to Ascot races

Dressing for the races is big business. And more and more of us are doing it, but apparently less and less of us are getting it right. And those bastions of all things that are right and proper--the big cheeses who make the rules at Royal [...]

Some Christmas gifts for famous Aussies

Some Christmas gifts for famous Aussies

This is my weekly Gen X Girl column from the Townville Bulletin's Savvy magazine. Well it’s that time of the year again. We’re all scratching our heads trying to think of presents for our loved ones, and I’m here to help. Well I’m not [...]

The prince, all those millions and racehorses

The prince, all those millions and racehorses

A few years ago I had to get a strappers licence. For those of you who do n't know what a strapper is, I'll explain. Strappers are the people who do the grunt work of looking after racehorses. They're the people you see leading the horse around at [...]

It’s all in the stars

It’s all in the stars

So you want to know the real reason Demi and Ashton split up? It's nothing to do with spending the night with random women in hotel rooms, or their open marriage, or Demi's threesome tendencies or the weird way they put their life on display on [...]

More Jane Fonda

More Jane Fonda

Last week in my weekly column I mentioned the Jane Fonda workouts. By the way have you seen Jane Fonda lately. She looks really good for a 70 year old. Here's here picture. Actually to be fair she looks really good for a 30 year old. Dressed [...]

Give us a kiss

Give us a kiss

This is from my weekly Gen X Girl column that appears in the Townsville Bulletin's Savvy magazine. Like a pre-teen girl to Justin Bieber, so is Julia Gillard to Barack Obama. That’s the only comparison I can make after last week’s [...]

Breastfeeding–another form of slavery. Well that’s what a world leader said.

Breastfeeding–another form of slavery.  Well that’s what a world leader said.

Really people overthink things and then say stupid stuff. It's the only explanation I can offer for French President, Nicholas Sarkozy who popped out with this series of little clangers last week. Addressing a group of young French mothers he [...]

I’m a fadaholic

I’m a fadaholic

This is from this week's Gen X Girl column that appears in the Townsville Bulletin's Savvy magazine. I’ve always been one for a fad. If something new comes along, I’m the first one to jump on the bandwagon. Call me gullible, call me [...]

Noni Hazlehurst says the f word

I'm sure you've all heard the hype about the children's book that we all want to read to our children but never will--Go the Fuck to Sleep.  Well now you can listen to it as Noni Hazlehurst's dulcet tones recite the words with meaning.  It sort of [...]

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